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We used to swim here
when we were children.
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Hope Vera hasn't gone in yet.
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Completely forgot about the rats.
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Rats?
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Big nest of them, apparently.
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We'll be all right in the shallows,
but we shouldn't go...
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Oh, no.
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Vera!
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Vera!
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Get out of the water! Rats!
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Vera! Vera!
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Wait for me.
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Victor!
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- Victor.
- There's no rats in here.
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You idiot!
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So? What about you and Victor?
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- What about us?
- Come on.
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- He's sweet.
- Sweet?
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All the attention's making you arrogant.
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Stop it.
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I'm a block of ice.
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Here.
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Come on.
We should be getting back.
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Do we have to?
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- Mother and father are expecting us.
- They're always expecting us.
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- They're driving me mad.
- Give them a chance, Vera, all right?
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I mean it.
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- I'll try.
- Better had.
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Come on, Vera!
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...from rats!
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I'm sorry, Victor.
I expected a little panic.
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I didn't expect a fully-fledged leap
into the lake.
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- You knew about this.
- I knew father wanted you to have one.
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- You colluded with them.
- Vera, it's just a piano.
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Vera, come and see your surprise.
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Darling, I've been so dying to tell you,
but... I just couldn't.
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Mrs Ellinger was in on the secret
and she's come to hear you play.
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Perfect.
She's an absolute beauty, so I'm told.
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Well, come on, darling.
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Give us a taste
of what we can look forward to.
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- Oh, dear.
- Vera.
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Vera, come back and apologise now.
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If you can't show me the respect I deserve,
then at least show some for our guests.
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I don't want a piano.
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You knew I didn't want one
and still you bought it.
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I won't be bullied by you.
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Oh, I buy her the most expensive gift
of her life, but no, I'm bullying.
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Your father hoped you'd be happy, dear.
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That piano could pay
for a whole year at Oxford.
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Oh, here we go.
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And all this time you said
you couldn't afford for me to go.
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- No, I can't afford to waste money...
- Oh, Arthur.
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Vera, I... I didn't mean...
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Vera, come back here, now!
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I've thrown my work out.
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You can take it to your paper factory
and pulp it for all I care.
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Now, stop it. I'm simply concerned
that you're turning yourself into a bluestocking.
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That's no way to find a husband.
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I don't want a husband.
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How many times do I have to spell it out?
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I'm sorry you didn't have a daughter
whose sole purpose in life
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is to hitch herself to a man.
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There it is.
I'm not getting married.
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Not now, not ever.
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Well...
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That's clear, then.
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- Ted. Good to see you.
- Roland. Welcome.
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- Vic.
- Great to see you.
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- Hello, Mr Brittain.
- Roland, we've heard great things about you.
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- Can I help?
- Oh, you frightened me.
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No, thanks.
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Please, I'd rather be by myself.
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It's the books I'm worried about.
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I've never seen anyone
beat them up that way.
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Wordsworth, Shelley.
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Poor Byron.
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All these Romantics
aren't good for you, you know?
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Don't worry.
They have very little influence.
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So I saw earlier.
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I'm sorry about the badly-timed arrival,
by the way.
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- I can see this is all highly amusing for you.
- No.
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Yes. You're already polishing up the anecdote
for your friends back at school.
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I'm sorry.
I was so caught up in myself.
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I didn't think
what this must be like for you.
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She certainly didn't deserve
the treatment you gave her.
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Well, I got you your piano.
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That's something to be happy about, at least.
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You can thank me for that.
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Come on, then, Ted, Ash Grove.
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- Yes, Ash Grove!
- Ash Grove.
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- Right. Ready?
- Yeah.
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Very good.
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Hello.
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You're studying.
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What of it?
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Nothing, I...
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Look, I've done the Oxford entrance exams.
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It's all about technique.
I could help you.
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Once you've learnt it,
you'll sail through, I'm sure.
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Like a Masonic secret,
passed from teacher to boy.
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Actually, my teachers weren't that good.
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I worked it out for myself.
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And so will I.
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It's just three years of study, Father.
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You know women don't even get degrees at Oxford?
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What's the point of her going, then?
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It's all she's ever wanted.
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She's set her mind on it.
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But it's three years of extra expense.
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I'd share my allowance with her.
That would help.
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What about the entrance exam?
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Don't you need tuition for such a thing?
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She's teaching herself.
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I wouldn't feel right about going myself
if Vera didn't have the chance.
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She was always so bright.
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Vera?
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Very well, then.
You can sit the wretched thing if you want to.
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- Oh, thank you, Daddy.
- Well, you're just sitting it, mind.
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And then we'll see.
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Now, play me some of that piano.
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Careful.
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God, it's beautiful here.
You're so lucky.
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Except we're nearly back at school.
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We're here now, Ted. Come on.
Live in the moment a little.
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One more term
and it'll all be over.
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Sort of daunting,
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seeing your whole life
stretched out in front of you.
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At least you won't be buried alive in Buxton.
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Do we have a suffragette on our hands?
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I would be, given the chance.
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I suppose that shocks you.
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You're talking to the wrong man, Vera.
Roland's a supporter.
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Well, my mother does admire them.
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She's a novelist
and she writes for the papers.
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She supports the whole family, in fact.
I hope you don't mind me saying.
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Well, not now I've seen Vera's face.
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I had no idea.
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Well, perhaps you've jumped
to conclusions about me.
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I think that's mutual.
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Oh, no. No, I've researched you quite thoroughly.
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I even found a poem in the yard, in fact.
I took the liberty of...
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Poem? You kept that very quiet.
Let's have a look.
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Give it back.
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It's nothing. It's a stupid thing.
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Well, I don't know about anyone else, but...
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I could do with a drink of something.
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Yes, let's get back to the house.
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I didn't know you kept it a secret.
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I kept it quiet because I was moved by it.
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I found it beautiful.
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And you seem an impossible person
to say that to.
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I'm not.
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No.
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What if I told you I want to be a writer?
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And I even dream of earning a living by it.
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I want to write, too, as it happens.
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But I'm a little in my mother's shadow.
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Is she good?
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How's she done it?
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Sheer pig-headedness.
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You should meet her, you'd get on.
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You must write.
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Really.
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No one's ever said that to me before.
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Come on! You'll miss the train!
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Roland! Come on, we're leaving!
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- I don't want you to go.
- We'll have the whole summer.
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Come along, boys.
You don't want to be late.
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- You've a train to catch.
- I'll just be back in a minute.
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Has anybody seen the big, black suitcase?
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- Goodbye.
- Goodbye.
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Victor, come on!
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Don't forget your tennis racket.
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I wish you weren't going so soon.
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Did you read the poem?
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- Of course.
- And?
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It's well-crafted.
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But?
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It was a little dry,
as though you were holding back.
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- I couldn't find you in it.
- Well, I can assure you it's mine.
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- Of course, I... I didn't mean...
- Roland, come on, we're late.
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Vera! Come on, Vera!
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Come on, darling.
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Let's go.
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- Bye!
- Bye, Mother!
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Thank you!
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"Edward, please send me news
of Roland Leighton.
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"Tell him how much I enjoyed meeting him,
will you?
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"I think I offended him, Edward.
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"You know I can be my own worst enemy."
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"Edward assures me
you won't mind me writing direct.
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"You set me a challenge, you see,
and I've done my best to meet it.
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"I hope you find more feeling in this one.
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"Down the long, white road
we walked together.
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"Down between the Grey hills
and the heather.
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"You seemed all brown and soft,
just like a linnet.
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"Your errant hair
had shadowed sunbeams in it.
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"And there shone all April in your eyes."
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Oxford, next stop!
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Ah, the famous honey-coloured stone, yes.
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Very beautiful.
Yes, this is the right square, dear.
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Nothing like what we've got in Buxton.
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A different hue altogether.
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That might be Broad Street over there.
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It's down at the bottom.
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Do be careful.
These bicycles are everywhere.
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Vera, dear, this way.
There's a horse coming now.
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All looks very secretive, doesn't it?
This way, dear.
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- What?
- Come along.
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I know you're only staying two nights,
but Oxford can get chilly.
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I brought you an extra nightie,
just in case.
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Aunt, please.
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I promised your mother
I'd keep a proper eye on you.
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She does worry.
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Bed socks. That's my final word.
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I'm sorry, are you lost?
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I'm here for the exam.
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The porter's lodge is there.
He'll direct you.
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- Thank you.
- I'm Vera's Aunt Belle.
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I shall be staying nearby.
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ls it an entrance exam we're holding
or a debutantes' ball?
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It's the Latin essay I'm dreading.
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My tutor's convinced Virgil will come up.
I hope he's right.
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Essay?
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You may begin.
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Excuse me.
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- Excuse me, about the Latin paper...
- What is it?
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- I didn't know an essay was required.
- It's stated quite clearly.
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I must have missed it.
I didn't have a tutor.
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I prepared for this by myself.
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- You seemed to be busy writing, Miss...
- Brittain.
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- I wrote it in German instead.
- German?
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Perhaps where you come from,
German and Latin can be equated,
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but not here, I'm afraid.
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You've judged me already.
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You think I'm frivolous,
a provincial upstart, but I'm not.
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I think you're keen to stand out.
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Yes.
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Good day, Miss Brittain.
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Our next gathering will be on Wednesday.
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Lovely. I tell you what,
we are a little stuck...
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"It was a disaster, Edward.
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"All my dreams are over.
I'll never escape Buxton now.
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"And Roland hasn't answered my last letter.
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"Perhaps he's had second thoughts.
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"Thank goodness I have someone
I can confide in."
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Better luck next time.
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Vera, hurry, hurry!
250
00:26:54,822 --> 00:26:58,497
Strict instructions from Edward,
we mustn't be late for his parade.
251
00:27:02,621 --> 00:27:06,296
Gracious, it's only school speech day.
252
00:27:06,375 --> 00:27:08,844
I'm not sure that any of these
are going to be nice enough.
253
00:27:08,877 --> 00:27:10,504
Of course they are.
254
00:27:12,506 --> 00:27:13,553
No.
255
00:27:26,812 --> 00:27:28,564
What's in the letter, dear?
256
00:27:30,023 --> 00:27:32,822
Oh, come on, Vera,
you can't go hiding things from me.
257
00:27:36,071 --> 00:27:37,265
It's from Oxford.
258
00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:41,493
I thought it might be from a boy.
259
00:27:42,703 --> 00:27:45,752
- Don't tell Father.
- All right.
260
00:27:45,831 --> 00:27:47,833
There, that's the one. Perfect.
261
00:27:47,916 --> 00:27:50,419
- What do you think, dear?
- Daddy?
262
00:27:50,502 --> 00:27:51,719
What?
263
00:27:53,797 --> 00:27:55,299
Yes, perfect.
264
00:27:56,008 --> 00:27:57,681
Was that the right answer?
265
00:28:26,538 --> 00:28:30,634
Another year, another school speech day.
266
00:28:30,709 --> 00:28:34,714
And as we send our proud cadets out
on to life's stage,
267
00:28:34,796 --> 00:28:36,890
we say, as always,
268
00:28:36,965 --> 00:28:41,562
be strong, be loyal, be brave...
269
00:28:42,763 --> 00:28:46,939
Loyal to yourselves, loyal to kith and kin,
270
00:28:47,017 --> 00:28:51,864
but above all else, loyal to your homeland,
271
00:28:51,939 --> 00:28:55,113
ready always to serve
the glory of the Empire.
272
00:28:57,736 --> 00:29:02,742
You will go out into the wider world
rich in the values of Uppingham School.
273
00:29:02,824 --> 00:29:06,954
Use those values to make
your contribution to our nation.
274
00:29:08,497 --> 00:29:11,296
Many of you will now be going
on to university.
275
00:29:11,375 --> 00:29:15,130
Your masters and I look forward
to seeing you excel there,
276
00:29:15,212 --> 00:29:18,056
and we expect you to uphold the standards...
277
00:29:27,057 --> 00:29:30,527
- Before he came here, he...
- My results from Oxford.
278
00:29:39,653 --> 00:29:40,950
Come on.
279
00:29:45,075 --> 00:29:46,748
No one will disturb us here.
280
00:29:51,373 --> 00:29:53,341
I know what it's going to say.
281
00:29:54,251 --> 00:29:55,298
Shall I?
282
00:30:13,937 --> 00:30:15,029
You got in.
283
00:30:26,491 --> 00:30:28,038
Come here!
284
00:30:30,370 --> 00:30:32,338
But it says you need to work on your Latin.
285
00:30:36,918 --> 00:30:38,795
You'd better tell Roland.
286
00:30:38,879 --> 00:30:40,677
Do you think?
287
00:30:40,756 --> 00:30:41,882
Go on.
288
00:31:01,401 --> 00:31:04,826
Mother, Father,
this is Edward's sister, Vera.
289
00:31:04,905 --> 00:31:06,545
- Well, how do you do?
- Nice to meet you.
290
00:31:06,573 --> 00:31:09,918
I didn't know Edward had a sister.
Nice to meet you, dear.
291
00:31:09,993 --> 00:31:11,993
- Pleasure.
- You look happy about something.
292
00:31:13,705 --> 00:31:16,675
I just heard.
I got a place at Somerville.
293
00:31:19,211 --> 00:31:21,964
Now suddenly she's become
a very intriguing young lady.
294
00:31:22,047 --> 00:31:23,549
Don't you think, Roland?
295
00:31:27,844 --> 00:31:30,768
- Excuse me, I must tell my parents.
- Yes.
296
00:31:31,932 --> 00:31:33,650
- Well...
- Excuse me, sorry.
297
00:31:34,142 --> 00:31:35,394
Vera, wait.
298
00:31:37,479 --> 00:31:38,947
Can we talk alone?
299
00:31:41,608 --> 00:31:42,780
Please.
300
00:31:50,492 --> 00:31:54,247
- It's such good news about Oxford.
- You don't have to say that.
301
00:31:54,329 --> 00:31:56,923
No, I know, but Somerville is quite...
302
00:31:56,998 --> 00:32:00,423
Look, if it's friendship you want,
that's fine with me.
303
00:32:02,838 --> 00:32:06,559
- I prefer clarity, that's all.
- No, it's been a busy term.
304
00:32:06,633 --> 00:32:10,604
Exams, and ending school is quite
the time-consuming business, as it turns out.
305
00:32:10,679 --> 00:32:12,352
Your mother didn't even know I exist.
306
00:32:12,431 --> 00:32:15,310
Now, that... that is self-protection.
307
00:32:24,317 --> 00:32:27,696
- I've been carrying it around with me.
- So why didn't you write back?
308
00:32:27,779 --> 00:32:29,032
A little nervous perhaps.
309
00:32:30,615 --> 00:32:31,958
Not good with words.
310
00:32:33,660 --> 00:32:35,537
For someone who wants to be a writer...
311
00:32:41,793 --> 00:32:45,889
When we're at Oxford,
we'll be able to see each other every day.
312
00:32:47,799 --> 00:32:51,269
- I'll be concentrating on my work.
- Well, you'll need fresh air, surely.
313
00:32:52,971 --> 00:32:54,314
And a chaperone.
314
00:32:54,789 --> 00:32:57,563
Lapdog. Humble slave.
315
00:33:04,399 --> 00:33:05,946
Vera, let's agree.
316
00:33:07,277 --> 00:33:08,620
No more fear.
317
00:33:11,865 --> 00:33:13,367
No more fear.
318
00:33:15,285 --> 00:33:16,502
Vera!
319
00:33:18,788 --> 00:33:21,086
What on earth is going on?
320
00:33:22,083 --> 00:33:24,381
This isn't the way to go about it.
321
00:33:24,461 --> 00:33:27,715
I'd like permission to see Vera again,
Mrs Brittain.
322
00:33:27,797 --> 00:33:29,265
Fully chaperoned, of course.
323
00:33:30,300 --> 00:33:31,472
We'll see.
324
00:34:11,091 --> 00:34:12,183
Mr Leighton.
325
00:34:14,261 --> 00:34:15,604
Slow down, you two!
326
00:34:27,607 --> 00:34:28,654
Excuse me.
327
00:35:14,863 --> 00:35:16,115
I think we lost her.
328
00:35:21,828 --> 00:35:23,731
We've been very bad, you know.
329
00:35:24,414 --> 00:35:28,590
- We're going to get a terrible report.
- Mother won't be surprised.
330
00:35:28,668 --> 00:35:33,014
- She thinks she has a very odd daughter.
- Not odd. Just interesting.
331
00:35:35,675 --> 00:35:37,393
I've never known where I fit.
332
00:35:41,890 --> 00:35:43,892
Does it need to be a place?
333
00:35:48,563 --> 00:35:52,158
Well, I don't know what to say
to the pair of you!
334
00:35:52,533 --> 00:35:54,361
No, really, I don't!
335
00:35:56,404 --> 00:35:59,328
My feet are hurting.
We'd better call it a day.
336
00:36:00,825 --> 00:36:01,951
Ah, newspaper.
337
00:36:02,035 --> 00:36:03,958
Countdown to war.
338
00:36:06,414 --> 00:36:09,167
- Thank you, madam. Morning, sir.
- Good day.
339
00:36:11,419 --> 00:36:14,423
Here you are, sir.
Today's headlines.
340
00:36:19,969 --> 00:36:23,974
My boys'll be the first to sign up
and it'll be a long queue.
341
00:36:25,141 --> 00:36:26,859
I think there isn't a lad in the country
342
00:36:26,935 --> 00:36:29,438
doesn't want to go and crush
that bloody Kaiser.
343
00:36:30,230 --> 00:36:34,030
I think the war will be over very quickly
if it happens at all.
344
00:36:49,916 --> 00:36:51,088
Yes?
345
00:37:01,344 --> 00:37:02,971
I need your help.
346
00:37:03,054 --> 00:37:04,852
Tell me.
347
00:37:04,931 --> 00:37:06,979
I've been talking to father
about signing up.
348
00:37:08,810 --> 00:37:09,936
Already?
349
00:37:10,478 --> 00:37:13,402
This is what we trained for.
I'm an officer cadet.
350
00:37:14,899 --> 00:37:17,322
Father was his usual calm self.
351
00:37:17,402 --> 00:37:20,531
Said he'd rather put a gun to his head
than let me go.
352
00:37:22,031 --> 00:37:24,159
It's all happening so fast.
353
00:37:24,242 --> 00:37:26,586
There are boys from the town
who've signed up already.
354
00:37:26,661 --> 00:37:28,663
How will it look if I'm not among them?
355
00:37:31,583 --> 00:37:32,880
I'll talk to him.
356
00:37:35,211 --> 00:37:36,679
Calmly.
357
00:37:36,755 --> 00:37:38,098
I promise.
358
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:44,388
- What's making you so cheerful?
- I'm not.
359
00:37:48,892 --> 00:37:50,769
I don't think Roland will go.
360
00:37:52,896 --> 00:37:55,991
- Don't go losing your head over him.
- Why not?
361
00:37:58,735 --> 00:38:00,282
No, no, no, no, no!
362
00:38:09,287 --> 00:38:11,460
No, I said no.
363
00:38:12,165 --> 00:38:14,384
All the papers are saying
it'll be short and fast.
364
00:38:14,459 --> 00:38:16,757
Well, I know a little more of war
than you do, young lady,
365
00:38:16,836 --> 00:38:20,010
and I can assure you, it's never short,
and it's never fast.
366
00:38:20,089 --> 00:38:21,807
If we believe that from the outset,
367
00:38:21,883 --> 00:38:23,977
it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy,
doesn't it?
368
00:38:26,137 --> 00:38:28,356
He might not even see any fighting.
369
00:38:30,683 --> 00:38:32,230
He's only 18.
370
00:38:32,310 --> 00:38:35,985
What's he going to say when everyone around him
is signing up and he isn't?
371
00:38:38,566 --> 00:38:40,113
Let him be a man.
372
00:38:40,985 --> 00:38:43,113
He won't forgive you if you don't.
373
00:38:47,909 --> 00:38:51,504
"Dear Roland,
now we're a nation at war,
374
00:38:51,579 --> 00:38:55,004
"is it terrible of me
to be so excited about Oxford?
375
00:38:56,584 --> 00:39:00,430
"I'll be catching the 2:20 train on Thursday
and I'll be travelling alone.
376
00:39:02,257 --> 00:39:04,430
"Could you meet me at Leicester?"
377
00:39:33,705 --> 00:39:35,378
Where's your luggage?
378
00:39:40,628 --> 00:39:42,972
Sit down.
I have something to tell you.
379
00:39:44,048 --> 00:39:45,391
What is it?
380
00:39:47,010 --> 00:39:48,683
I'm not coming to Oxford, Vera.
381
00:39:54,058 --> 00:39:55,184
You've signed up.
382
00:39:57,312 --> 00:40:00,486
A commission with the fourth Norfolks.
I'm joining them tomorrow.
383
00:40:02,859 --> 00:40:04,202
Tomorrow?
384
00:40:05,904 --> 00:40:07,030
How?
385
00:40:14,329 --> 00:40:16,707
Edward's still waiting. Everybody is.
386
00:40:17,540 --> 00:40:19,918
My Uncle Theo's a military man.
387
00:40:20,627 --> 00:40:22,095
He pulled some strings.
388
00:40:22,170 --> 00:40:24,468
- Did he push you to it?
- No. No, I asked him to.
389
00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:29,848
Vera, I have to go.
390
00:40:29,928 --> 00:40:32,727
How many generations get the chance
to be involved in something like this?
391
00:40:32,805 --> 00:40:34,899
I can't let others do my duty for me.
392
00:40:38,353 --> 00:40:42,699
I'll be in Norwich.
It's not even active service.
393
00:40:44,525 --> 00:40:45,947
You wouldn't want me not to?
394
00:40:49,447 --> 00:40:51,245
There'll be months of training.
395
00:40:52,408 --> 00:40:54,957
At which point, it could all be over.
396
00:40:56,204 --> 00:40:59,083
Me and Ted will be coming to Oxford
with you in the New Year.
397
00:41:27,485 --> 00:41:29,453
Isn't it strange...
398
00:41:30,530 --> 00:41:33,875
That I'm the one going to Oxford
without Edward or you?
399
00:41:49,340 --> 00:41:52,685
Ah, Miss Brittain.
Surprised to be here, no doubt.
400
00:41:52,760 --> 00:41:55,684
- Considering I had no tuition.
- Yes, and how it showed.
401
00:41:55,763 --> 00:41:57,891
Luckily you also displayed
an original mind.
402
00:41:59,017 --> 00:42:02,647
Though whether you can bring any discipline
to bear on it is another matter.
403
00:42:09,027 --> 00:42:12,452
"Oxford is everything
we dreamed of and more.
404
00:42:13,364 --> 00:42:16,117
"If only you were here
to share it with me, Roland.
405
00:42:19,996 --> 00:42:22,419
"I want to ask you to leave the army,
406
00:42:23,207 --> 00:42:26,552
"but I can't do that. I won't.
407
00:42:30,673 --> 00:42:33,517
"Victor's been turned down
because of his poor eyesight,
408
00:42:33,968 --> 00:42:36,812
"but Edward's joining
the Sherwood Foresters soon.
409
00:42:37,472 --> 00:42:39,895
"My heart lurched at the sight of him.
410
00:42:40,475 --> 00:42:43,820
"My little brother, suddenly so grown up."
411
00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:50,944
- Look at you. Vera, the Oxford student.
- How are you?
412
00:42:51,027 --> 00:42:52,074
I'm very well.
413
00:42:53,279 --> 00:42:57,329
"At least I have the comfort
of knowing you're all safe on English soil."
414
00:43:02,413 --> 00:43:05,007
The injured will be taken there this afternoon.
415
00:43:06,084 --> 00:43:08,257
All these beds can be sent
to the dining hall.
416
00:43:08,336 --> 00:43:10,576
- All right.
- Then you can tell Matron she can...
417
00:43:42,537 --> 00:43:47,043
"Leave for France Thursday.
Charing Cross, half past one.
418
00:43:47,125 --> 00:43:50,049
"Please confirm can come. Roland."
419
00:43:55,967 --> 00:43:59,062
We can't have students
gallivanting off to London.
420
00:43:59,178 --> 00:44:00,555
It's not a gallivant.
421
00:44:03,474 --> 00:44:06,478
We have to work twice as hard
as the men, Miss Brittain.
422
00:44:06,561 --> 00:44:08,563
We have to be twice as good.
423
00:44:08,646 --> 00:44:10,990
Otherwise what is the point of us
fighting all these years
424
00:44:11,065 --> 00:44:12,585
to prove that we're worthy of degrees?
425
00:44:14,193 --> 00:44:16,821
It's to say goodbye to someone
going to the front.
426
00:44:19,407 --> 00:44:21,205
You already have someone there perhaps.
427
00:44:23,735 --> 00:44:24,833
My brother.
428
00:44:28,299 --> 00:44:33,256
Not where my abilities
are best expressed, socks.
429
00:44:33,379 --> 00:44:35,347
But then that's war for you, isn't it?
430
00:44:36,257 --> 00:44:40,728
Men go off to fight
and we stay behind and knit.
431
00:44:47,067 --> 00:44:50,738
- You'll be back within the day?
- Yes.
432
00:44:50,771 --> 00:44:52,364
And will, of course, have a chaperone?
433
00:44:54,025 --> 00:44:55,072
Yes.
434
00:44:58,946 --> 00:45:00,072
Thank you.
435
00:45:20,301 --> 00:45:23,100
- How long do we have?
- About an hour.
436
00:45:24,430 --> 00:45:26,603
You told me you weren't going to France yet.
437
00:45:26,641 --> 00:45:28,393
I asked for a transfer.
438
00:45:30,895 --> 00:45:32,989
You're so eager to face death, then,
are you?
439
00:45:33,064 --> 00:45:34,816
- No.
- Yes, you are.
440
00:45:34,941 --> 00:45:37,490
- You must be.
- Vera, please.
441
00:45:43,991 --> 00:45:46,085
You're sick. You've got a fever.
442
00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:51,128
I can't even be angry with you now.
443
00:45:56,295 --> 00:45:58,639
Doesn't he look handsome in that uniform?
444
00:46:00,675 --> 00:46:03,804
Take these, dear.
They'll bring the fever right down.
445
00:46:03,844 --> 00:46:05,187
Thank you.
446
00:46:07,139 --> 00:46:10,860
Oh, no. No, no.
Don't you move. I'll go and get it.
447
00:46:13,145 --> 00:46:14,362
I'm sorry.
448
00:46:15,189 --> 00:46:16,611
I didn't mean to be harsh.
449
00:46:18,192 --> 00:46:20,536
- I've let you down.
- No.
450
00:46:21,612 --> 00:46:25,458
Now it's here,
I have a dust and ashes feeling about it.
451
00:46:29,704 --> 00:46:31,206
Do you take sugar, dear?
452
00:46:33,791 --> 00:46:36,385
Influenza is ripping through the troops.
453
00:46:37,211 --> 00:46:39,054
I read about it in the newspaper.
454
00:46:39,839 --> 00:46:41,967
They call it Spanish flu.
455
00:46:42,049 --> 00:46:44,552
It seems you get a very high temperature
456
00:46:44,635 --> 00:46:48,230
and then shortly afterwards faint
and then suddenly...
457
00:47:31,599 --> 00:47:33,272
All aboard!
458
00:47:46,238 --> 00:*****,411
Oh, I'm sorry. This one's taken.
459
00:47:58,084 --> 00:48:00,086
I am coming back.
460
00:48:01,337 --> 00:48:02,429
Already?
461
00:48:08,969 --> 00:48:13,019
All in! Right, you lot,
say your goodbyes and move it out.
462
00:48:26,195 --> 00:48:27,492
Roland?
463
00:48:28,447 --> 00:48:29,664
Vera!
464
00:48:34,537 --> 00:48:36,835
- Write.
- Yes.
465
00:48:36,956 --> 00:48:38,958
- Write.
- I'll write.
466
00:48:41,669 --> 00:48:43,046
I love you.
467
00:49:13,826 --> 00:49:15,328
Vera!
468
00:49:18,330 --> 00:49:19,474
Victor?
469
00:49:22,209 --> 00:49:25,509
Roland asked me to come.
Thought you'd need a friendly face.
470
00:49:26,255 --> 00:49:28,098
- Thank you.
- Come on. Sit down.
471
00:49:28,841 --> 00:49:31,594
- How are you?
- What a mess.
472
00:49:35,389 --> 00:49:37,187
I can't stay here.
473
00:49:37,224 --> 00:49:38,396
Not now.
474
00:49:39,560 --> 00:49:41,688
- I have to do something.
- What?
475
00:49:43,606 --> 00:49:44,903
I don't know.
476
00:49:45,900 --> 00:49:47,197
Nurse?
477
00:49:48,194 --> 00:49:49,787
There's a call for volunteers.
478
00:49:52,031 --> 00:49:53,704
Look, Roland won't die young.
479
00:49:54,700 --> 00:49:56,579
He was born to make his mark on the world.
480
00:49:58,412 --> 00:50:01,211
- Do you think?
- I'm sure of it.
481
00:50:06,587 --> 00:50:07,884
Thank you for being here.
482
00:50:10,299 --> 00:50:13,553
- I'm so sorry if you were hurt.
- No, please.
483
00:50:13,594 --> 00:50:16,393
- It's fine. No, there's no need...
- No, I feel like...
484
00:50:17,473 --> 00:50:19,100
In fact, I've met a girl.
485
00:50:23,395 --> 00:50:25,113
That's wonderful.
486
00:50:25,981 --> 00:50:27,949
I'm so happy for you.
What's her name?
487
00:50:28,567 --> 00:50:29,614
Molly.
488
00:50:30,319 --> 00:50:31,411
She's keen.
489
00:50:36,075 --> 00:50:38,624
She has you here, with her.
490
00:50:40,454 --> 00:50:42,798
She's a luckier girl than I am, then.
491
00:50:55,177 --> 00:50:59,307
Miss, telegram from Miss Lorimer,
Somerville College.
492
00:51:04,144 --> 00:51:05,487
Thank you, Miss.
493
00:51:16,365 --> 00:51:18,208
Yes, I understand your concerns,
494
00:51:18,325 --> 00:51:21,405
but I'm sure if you refer to the list
that I gave you on complementary novels,
495
00:51:21,495 --> 00:51:23,998
you'll find it extremely helpful.
496
00:51:24,039 --> 00:51:27,009
- Thank you, Miss Lorimer.
- Yes, not at all.
497
00:52:10,586 --> 00:52:12,634
Latest news from the front!
498
00:52:13,464 --> 00:52:17,094
Thank you, Miss.
Latest news from the front!
499
00:53:28,455 --> 00:53:31,834
Nursing? What on earth for?
500
00:53:31,959 --> 00:53:33,461
They need volunteers.
501
00:53:33,502 --> 00:53:35,862
And I'm sure there are plenty
of eager young women out there
502
00:53:35,879 --> 00:53:37,552
who've not embarked
on promising careers at Oxford.
503
00:53:37,631 --> 00:53:39,474
I need to do something.
504
00:53:41,051 --> 00:53:43,850
I can't stay here buried in books, not now.
505
00:53:52,688 --> 00:53:56,238
You don't own the truth about how
we get through this, Miss Brittain.
506
00:53:57,192 --> 00:54:01,038
Your opinion is just that, an opinion,
and you'd do well to remember it.
507
00:54:01,155 --> 00:54:02,748
I'm sorry, I didn't mean...
508
00:54:02,823 --> 00:54:06,168
This crisis needs people
who can stand back and reflect.
509
00:54:07,578 --> 00:54:09,672
How can you think of giving up
a golden opportunity
510
00:54:09,747 --> 00:54:11,590
that you have worked so hard for?
511
00:54:15,836 --> 00:54:17,554
So your mind's completely made up?
512
00:54:23,010 --> 00:54:24,182
Yes, it is.
513
00:54:35,939 --> 00:54:39,068
I know what visions
have brought you here,
514
00:54:39,151 --> 00:54:41,745
and I'm happy
they've carried you to our door,
515
00:54:41,862 --> 00:54:43,580
but that's where you leave them.
516
00:54:43,655 --> 00:54:48,627
You're not angels of mercy swooping down
to mop the brows of grateful men.
517
00:54:48,702 --> 00:54:52,127
You're workers and you'll do
whatever you're asked,
518
00:54:52,206 --> 00:54:54,300
no matter how dirty, no matter how dull.
519
00:54:55,250 --> 00:54:58,299
- Do I make myself clear?
- Yes, sister.
520
00:54:59,004 --> 00:55:00,096
Hands.
521
00:55:07,137 --> 00:55:09,981
Airs and graces will not be tolerated,
522
00:55:10,974 --> 00:55:14,228
especially from those
who've come down from an ivory tower.
523
00:55:16,104 --> 00:55:19,904
If you've any doubts, the door's there.
You can leave now.
524
00:55:22,069 --> 00:55:25,949
Your duties commence at 7:00 am sharp.
You do not sit down on the ward.
525
00:55:35,457 --> 00:55:38,006
Who sterilised the instruments?
526
00:55:38,085 --> 00:55:40,634
- I did, Sister.
- And would you say you've done a good job?
527
00:55:40,712 --> 00:55:42,180
I think so.
528
00:55:42,256 --> 00:55:44,350
You think so. Really?
529
00:55:45,592 --> 00:55:46,809
What about these?
530
00:55:47,845 --> 00:55:50,394
- I forgot.
- You forgot?
531
00:55:51,306 --> 00:55:54,401
And what if someone had used them,
not realising?
532
00:55:54,476 --> 00:55:57,275
- I'm sorry.
- It's human lives that could be put at risk.
533
00:55:58,939 --> 00:56:01,442
And I thought you were supposed
to be intelligent.
534
00:56:02,067 --> 00:56:04,991
"The nurses here know
I've come from Oxford, Roland,
535
00:56:05,070 --> 00:56:06,993
"and they're determined to break me.
536
00:56:09,658 --> 00:56:15,586
"Little do they know, the harder they push,
the more grateful I am.
537
00:56:17,708 --> 00:56:22,088
�Anything to stop me thinking
and to fill the hours between news of you."
538
00:56:36,518 --> 00:56:40,148
"One of my men
has just been killed. The first.
539
00:56:42,399 --> 00:56:44,117
"I've been taking the things
out of his pockets
540
00:56:44,192 --> 00:56:49,619
"and tying them in his handkerchief
to be sent back somewhere, to someone,
541
00:56:49,698 --> 00:56:53,828
"who will see in them more
than a torn letter,
542
00:56:53,911 --> 00:56:57,165
"a pencil and a piece of shell."
543
00:56:59,875 --> 00:57:02,173
"Please don't keep things
back from me, Roland,
544
00:57:02,252 --> 00:57:05,131
"with an idea of sparing my feelings.
545
00:57:05,213 --> 00:57:08,012
"I shall never be afraid
to confront the real."
546
00:57:10,761 --> 00:57:14,265
"The imagined holds
far greater terror for me."
547
00:57:17,726 --> 00:57:21,356
- Fancy sending him over in this state.
- We're seeing more and more of it.
548
00:57:27,819 --> 00:57:30,368
If you're so eager, Brittain,
you sponge him down.
549
00:58:05,774 --> 00:58:07,321
Vera.
550
00:58:11,989 --> 00:58:13,536
What did you say?
551
00:58:14,282 --> 00:58:15,534
Sister.
552
00:59:01,455 --> 00:59:04,834
- Have you ever been?
- Oh, yes. We used to go as children.
553
00:59:06,126 --> 00:59:07,469
Here she is.
554
00:59:08,378 --> 00:59:11,803
You look exhausted.
What are they doing to you here?
555
00:59:11,882 --> 00:59:13,059
I'm all right.
556
00:59:14,509 --> 00:59:16,853
Vera, Geoffrey Thurlow,
a friend from the battalion.
557
00:59:18,180 --> 00:59:19,432
You're not leaving for France?
558
00:59:20,223 --> 00:59:21,349
Not yet.
559
00:59:23,935 --> 00:59:25,858
I'm sorry. Forgive me.
560
00:59:25,937 --> 00:59:28,235
No, no, no.
The relief is all mine.
561
00:59:29,107 --> 00:59:32,702
- A peace-loving soldier?
- Or a cowardly one, perhaps.
562
00:59:32,778 --> 00:59:34,325
Nonsense.
563
00:59:34,404 --> 00:59:37,874
Geoffrey was about to train to be a priest.
That takes courage.
564
00:59:37,949 --> 00:59:40,543
Saved by the war. Imagine that.
565
00:59:42,996 --> 00:59:45,374
- So, shall we go?
- Where?
566
00:59:45,457 --> 00:59:47,255
Didn't he write and tell you?
567
00:59:47,334 --> 00:59:48,881
Roland's home on leave.
568
00:59:51,546 --> 00:59:52,638
No, he...
569
00:59:52,714 --> 00:59:56,014
he walked through the door yesterday
and slept for 20 hours straight.
570
00:59:57,260 --> 00:59:58,637
Hardly said a word.
571
01:00:00,097 --> 01:00:01,144
So he's...
572
01:00:01,223 --> 01:00:04,318
he's down there, by the sea.
573
01:00:06,978 --> 01:00:09,982
If you excuse me,
I think I'll go and see him.
574
01:00:11,399 --> 01:00:15,370
Let's... Let's just give them a moment, shall we?
575
01:00:24,162 --> 01:00:25,584
Roland?
576
01:00:36,383 --> 01:00:38,101
I have to go back in three days.
577
01:00:42,848 --> 01:00:44,600
Oh, just look at that view.
578
01:00:44,683 --> 01:00:47,662
Well, well, the officer returns.
579
01:00:48,145 --> 01:00:50,489
- Vic! Hello. Good to see you.
- Roland.
580
01:00:50,564 --> 01:00:52,066
- Good to see you.
- Hello.
581
01:00:52,149 --> 01:00:54,572
- Very good to see you.
- Roland, Geoffrey Thurlow.
582
01:00:54,651 --> 01:00:56,824
- Very good to meet you.
- It's a pleasure.
583
01:00:58,989 --> 01:01:00,286
Good shot.
584
01:01:02,659 --> 01:01:04,957
The worst is when you have
to go out and repair the wire.
585
01:01:05,036 --> 01:01:08,916
Boot polish on your face,
crawling on your belly through the mud and rain.
586
01:01:10,083 --> 01:01:12,211
I was out one night
with an officer called Harrison.
587
01:01:12,294 --> 01:01:13,386
We were so close to the Germans,
588
01:01:13,461 --> 01:01:15,179
we could hear them
whispering in their trench,
589
01:01:17,549 --> 01:01:20,223
- Were you scared?
- You don't think about it, really.
590
01:01:22,053 --> 01:01:24,556
He's a good man, Harrison.
I invited him to stay,
591
01:01:24,639 --> 01:01:27,768
but he's not interested in home leave,
says it makes a man soft.
592
01:01:28,393 --> 01:01:30,612
God forbid any of you should be soft.
593
01:01:34,774 --> 01:01:36,572
If I could get out there...
594
01:01:38,445 --> 01:01:40,288
I don't think I'd want to come back.
595
01:01:40,363 --> 01:01:41,963
You don't know the first thing about it.
596
01:01:51,541 --> 01:01:52,713
Let's get some tea.
597
01:02:07,599 --> 01:02:08,816
That was unnecessary.
598
01:02:17,150 --> 01:02:21,155
Then talk to me,
otherwise how can I understand?
599
01:02:24,574 --> 01:02:26,167
Perhaps you can't.
600
01:02:31,498 --> 01:02:36,174
I sent you some poems a while ago.
I don't know if you got them.
601
01:02:36,253 --> 01:02:37,505
I don't think so.
602
01:02:40,006 --> 01:02:41,679
Have you written any yourself?
603
01:02:43,426 --> 01:02:44,518
Poems?
604
01:02:48,682 --> 01:02:50,480
Oh, for God's sake.
605
01:02:58,191 --> 01:02:59,192
Roland?
606
01:03:03,321 --> 01:03:04,368
Roland!
607
01:03:09,119 --> 01:03:10,541
I'm sorry, I'm...
608
01:03:11,663 --> 01:03:12,880
I'm sorry.
609
01:03:17,794 --> 01:03:18,841
Roland!
610
01:03:19,963 --> 01:03:22,887
Roland, here. Look at me.
611
01:03:22,966 --> 01:03:24,309
Look at me.
612
01:03:26,084 --> 01:03:27,558
I'm here. This...
613
01:03:29,556 --> 01:03:31,058
This is real.
614
01:03:32,058 --> 01:03:33,531
Feel it.
615
01:03:37,230 --> 01:03:38,527
This...
616
01:03:40,358 --> 01:03:42,156
This part of you...
617
01:03:45,655 --> 01:03:47,248
Don't destroy it.
618
01:03:50,660 --> 01:03:52,378
It might be gone already.
619
01:03:53,204 --> 01:03:54,501
No.
620
01:03:55,373 --> 01:03:56,716
It's not.
621
01:03:57,834 --> 01:03:59,427
I promise.
622
01:04:18,855 --> 01:04:22,951
Harrison's brother came back from leave
engaged to his fianc�e.
623
01:04:25,362 --> 01:04:28,616
Within ten minutes,
he'd stuck his head over the parapet,
624
01:04:29,574 --> 01:04:31,372
and got his brains blown out.
625
01:04:32,952 --> 01:04:35,125
I was next to him when it happened.
626
01:04:45,382 --> 01:04:47,134
Home leave makes you soft.
627
01:04:49,928 --> 01:04:52,226
We don't have to get married.
628
01:04:52,972 --> 01:04:54,394
Or engaged.
629
01:05:00,980 --> 01:05:02,232
Perhaps we should.
630
01:05:04,150 --> 01:05:06,744
It's not what either of us wanted.
631
01:05:10,657 --> 01:05:12,125
Imagine it, though.
632
01:05:13,326 --> 01:05:14,953
You in a white dress.
633
01:05:15,662 --> 01:05:18,632
A sunny day, an old church.
634
01:05:19,666 --> 01:05:21,088
Everybody we love.
635
01:05:21,835 --> 01:05:24,008
- Champagne.
- Cake.
636
01:05:26,256 --> 01:05:28,179
Does it get any better than cake?
637
01:05:34,472 --> 01:05:38,067
Marry me, Vera, next time I'm home.
638
01:05:43,690 --> 01:05:44,816
All right.
639
01:05:50,405 --> 01:05:51,998
Yes.
640
01:06:43,583 --> 01:06:46,023
- You look so handsome.
- Thank you, Mother.
641
01:06:46,044 --> 01:06:48,084
- Good luck.
- Bye, Geoffrey.
642
01:06:48,087 --> 01:06:49,430
You be safe now.
643
01:06:50,256 --> 01:06:52,975
I will be, don't worry.
Take care.
644
01:06:53,092 --> 01:06:54,469
- Goodbye.
- See you soon.
645
01:06:54,594 --> 01:06:57,643
Oh, Geoffrey, dear boy,
do take care of yourself.
646
01:06:57,764 --> 01:07:00,062
- I will.
- Oh, I nearly forgot.
647
01:07:00,099 --> 01:07:02,773
My music. Look after it for me.
648
01:07:03,937 --> 01:07:07,066
- Father.
- Son, good luck.
649
01:07:07,106 --> 01:07:09,609
Train is ready to depart!
All aboard!
650
01:07:19,244 --> 01:07:21,793
- Take care.
- Good luck, Edward.
651
01:07:21,913 --> 01:07:24,132
You will write, darling, won't you?
652
01:07:24,832 --> 01:07:26,004
Of course.
653
01:07:45,311 --> 01:07:46,483
Vera.
654
01:07:47,981 --> 01:07:50,325
Could you go and tell your father
to hurry up?
655
01:07:52,485 --> 01:07:53,532
Daddy.
656
01:08:01,661 --> 01:08:02,833
Daddy?
657
01:08:19,304 --> 01:08:21,352
Move it! Move it!
658
01:08:21,472 --> 01:08:24,225
200 extra beds by lunchtime.
Hurry, now!
659
01:08:37,030 --> 01:08:41,035
"Good news.
My Christmas leave has been approved.
660
01:08:41,075 --> 01:08:43,203
"I'll be home to make you my wife.
661
01:08:45,872 --> 01:08:50,343
"And I have a surprise,
something I think will please you.
662
01:08:50,376 --> 01:08:51,878
"You'll see when we meet.
663
01:08:52,003 --> 01:08:55,724
"I've been posted to company headquarters
three miles behind lines.
664
01:08:55,757 --> 01:08:59,432
"I'm be here until my leave.
I'm safe, Vera."
665
01:08:59,552 --> 01:09:00,895
Safe.
666
01:09:41,135 --> 01:09:42,432
Darling.
667
01:09:47,767 --> 01:09:50,270
- How do I look?
- Positively bridal.
668
01:09:52,980 --> 01:09:55,984
Such a shame that Edward
couldn't get leave to be best man.
669
01:09:56,442 --> 01:09:57,614
Here she is.
670
01:10:03,825 --> 01:10:05,122
You look lovely.
671
01:10:07,787 --> 01:10:09,255
Half an hour to go.
672
01:10:10,623 --> 01:10:13,627
We're meeting Mr and Mrs Leighton
at the church.
673
01:10:13,668 --> 01:10:17,138
He'll have had a long journey.
He'll be tired.
674
01:10:17,171 --> 01:10:19,299
- Miss Vera Brittain?
- Yes.
675
01:10:19,424 --> 01:10:21,097
A telephone call for you, Miss.
676
01:10:23,010 --> 01:10:24,262
Must be him.
677
01:10:25,430 --> 01:10:27,182
I hope he's not going to be late.
678
01:10:31,769 --> 01:10:32,861
Just here, Miss.
679
01:10:40,611 --> 01:10:41,703
Roland?
680
01:10:44,699 --> 01:10:45,951
Hello?
681
01:10:50,621 --> 01:10:53,500
Vera, Roland...
682
01:10:55,333 --> 01:10:56,711
Roland's dead.
683
01:11:03,468 --> 01:11:05,311
Roland's dead, Vera.
684
01:12:21,087 --> 01:12:22,589
This is...
685
01:12:23,923 --> 01:12:25,925
from an officer in his company.
686
01:12:28,135 --> 01:12:33,608
"Died of wounds
at Louvencourt clearing station."
687
01:12:38,771 --> 01:12:43,322
- What was he doing at the front?
- Wasn't he meant to be behind the lines?
688
01:12:43,442 --> 01:12:46,286
Suddenly sent there, apparently,
for a big push.
689
01:12:48,447 --> 01:12:50,745
There was nothing in the papers.
690
01:12:50,783 --> 01:12:53,161
He was out mending wire.
691
01:12:54,161 --> 01:12:57,665
"Shot by a sniper at 2:00 am
692
01:12:57,790 --> 01:13:01,090
"while bravely carrying out duties.
693
01:13:01,127 --> 01:13:03,425
"Taken straight to Louvencourt.
694
01:13:04,005 --> 01:13:05,598
"Died late afternoon.
695
01:13:07,133 --> 01:13:09,181
"Noble and painless death."
696
01:13:09,302 --> 01:13:11,930
That's a long time after he was shot.
697
01:13:13,431 --> 01:13:14,478
What happened?
698
01:13:17,143 --> 01:13:18,360
Painless.
699
01:13:20,771 --> 01:13:22,318
Suppose the man would know.
700
01:13:24,516 --> 01:13:26,660
He loved this piece.
701
01:13:29,322 --> 01:13:32,041
Why was there no message for us?
702
01:13:44,128 --> 01:13:47,507
"No further details
about Lieutenant Leighton's death.
703
01:13:48,507 --> 01:13:49,975
"Unable to help."
704
01:14:02,021 --> 01:14:04,820
Excuse me.
Where can I find George Catlin?
705
01:14:04,857 --> 01:14:06,257
- He's just down there.
- Thank you.
706
01:14:14,367 --> 01:14:19,715
Excuse me. I'm Vera Brittain,
fianc�e to Roland Leighton.
707
01:14:19,747 --> 01:14:22,000
The officer's not receiving visitors today.
708
01:14:22,083 --> 01:14:25,007
- I did write to you, Miss Brittain.
- Yes, and I thank you for that.
709
01:14:25,044 --> 01:14:28,844
- I'm sorry for the solicitation.
- There's really nothing more I can add.
710
01:14:31,342 --> 01:14:33,561
But you did see Roland
at the clearing station that day?
711
01:14:33,678 --> 01:14:36,852
Comfort yourself that it was
a quick and painless end.
712
01:14:38,182 --> 01:14:42,528
Everyone keeps saying that,
but he lived for hours after he was shot.
713
01:14:42,561 --> 01:14:44,313
I'm sorry for your loss.
714
01:14:50,069 --> 01:14:53,494
I understand.
You're afraid I'll make a scene.
715
01:14:53,572 --> 01:14:55,666
And why should you be the messenger
for some terrible end
716
01:14:55,741 --> 01:14:58,870
to a family you've never met?
I want to know the truth.
717
01:15:03,541 --> 01:15:05,919
It's the one thing left I can do for him.
718
01:15:08,379 --> 01:15:10,006
Would you mind, Nurse?
719
01:15:20,433 --> 01:15:24,188
It was a messy wound,
low down in the abdomen.
720
01:15:24,603 --> 01:15:27,527
They operated. They did their best.
721
01:15:28,899 --> 01:15:32,119
I was in the bed next to him.
He didn't stand a chance.
722
01:15:34,405 --> 01:15:38,035
Did he say anything?
Was there a message?
723
01:15:38,117 --> 01:15:42,122
The pain was too great, Miss Brittain.
It made anything else impossible.
724
01:15:42,455 --> 01:15:45,049
I see. Yes.
725
01:15:46,625 --> 01:15:47,968
That explains it.
726
01:15:50,921 --> 01:15:52,023
Did he...
727
01:15:54,216 --> 01:15:55,809
suffer a great deal?
728
01:15:56,552 --> 01:15:58,975
- They were waiting for morphine stocks.
- Did some arrive?
729
01:15:59,096 --> 01:16:00,393
He got a dose near the end.
730
01:16:02,475 --> 01:16:03,977
Were there...
731
01:16:07,897 --> 01:16:09,149
any words?
732
01:16:13,652 --> 01:16:14,778
Please.
733
01:16:16,322 --> 01:16:22,329
He said, "Lying on this hillside for six days
has made me very stiff."
734
01:16:24,747 --> 01:16:28,342
I'm sorry.
None of it makes any sense.
735
01:16:33,756 --> 01:16:35,474
You're very kind.
736
01:16:35,966 --> 01:16:37,183
I won't forget it.
737
01:16:47,019 --> 01:16:52,367
"Dear Victor,
I met the officer in question. He..."
738
01:16:54,443 --> 01:16:57,538
"He confirmed what
Roland's colleague told us.
739
01:16:58,030 --> 01:17:00,374
"It was a painless and noble death.
740
01:17:01,367 --> 01:17:04,621
"Please comfort yourself with this
as you leave for France."
741
01:17:17,383 --> 01:17:20,307
Roland's kit, they've sent it back to us.
742
01:17:32,690 --> 01:17:34,738
Why did they send us that?
743
01:17:39,989 --> 01:17:41,241
Take it out!
744
01:17:43,409 --> 01:17:44,535
Wait!
745
01:19:52,496 --> 01:19:57,093
"Violets from Plug Street Wood, sweet,
I send you oversea.
746
01:19:58,460 --> 01:20:03,182
"It is strange they should be blue,
blue when his soaked blood was red.
747
01:20:03,757 --> 01:20:08,433
"For they grew around his head,
it is strange they should be blue.
748
01:20:10,597 --> 01:20:15,353
"Violets from Plug Street Wood,
think what they have meant to me.
749
01:20:16,145 --> 01:20:20,275
"Life and hope and love and you.
750
01:20:22,985 --> 01:20:26,455
"And you did not see them grow,
where his mangled body lay.
751
01:20:27,072 --> 01:20:31,669
"Hiding horror from the day, sweetest,
it was better so."
752
01:20:33,412 --> 01:20:38,418
"Violets from oversea,
to your dear, far, forgetting land.
753
01:20:39,460 --> 01:20:43,840
"These I send in memory,
knowing you will understand."
754
01:21:43,982 --> 01:21:46,781
"We have to believe, dear sister,
755
01:21:46,860 --> 01:21:49,784
"that his life was not
needlessly thrown away,
756
01:21:50,739 --> 01:21:54,664
"that the wire he was working on that night
had to be mended by someone.
757
01:21:56,036 --> 01:21:59,791
"And how typical of Roland
to be the first to volunteer."
758
01:22:01,375 --> 01:22:02,968
Nurse Brittain!
759
01:22:04,420 --> 01:22:06,138
Someone's asking for you.
760
01:22:22,438 --> 01:22:23,781
Who's there?
761
01:22:24,606 --> 01:22:26,404
- Who is it?
- Victor.
762
01:22:30,446 --> 01:22:32,540
- Vera.
- I didn't know.
763
01:22:35,701 --> 01:22:38,375
What a fix, eh?
764
01:22:41,373 --> 01:22:43,717
This blanket's driving me mad.
It's far too itchy.
765
01:22:43,792 --> 01:22:45,465
I'll take care of it.
766
01:22:56,805 --> 01:22:58,148
Does Molly know?
767
01:23:01,560 --> 01:23:03,733
Would you like me to contact her for you?
768
01:23:07,191 --> 01:23:08,659
There's no Molly, Vera.
769
01:23:10,944 --> 01:23:12,287
There never was.
770
01:23:14,364 --> 01:23:16,867
I couldn't have you feeling
sorry for me, could I?
771
01:23:33,800 --> 01:23:38,351
So, I'm getting a visit from an officer
who lost both eyes at the start of the war.
772
01:23:38,430 --> 01:23:41,855
- He's going to tell me about Braille.
- That's the Victor I know.
773
01:23:42,267 --> 01:23:44,565
- Always the optimist.
- Yes.
774
01:23:45,187 --> 01:23:*****5
Inspirational stories for the damned.
775
01:23:48,982 --> 01:23:53,112
- What about you? Are you still writing?
- Writing.
776
01:23:55,113 --> 01:23:56,956
That belongs to another life.
777
01:24:01,286 --> 01:24:04,306
I've been thinking and...
778
01:24:06,291 --> 01:24:07,864
I want to look after you.
779
01:24:10,504 --> 01:24:12,506
We belong together now.
780
01:24:12,965 --> 01:24:14,512
Don't we?
781
01:24:16,051 --> 01:24:18,770
You're going to need someone and I...
782
01:24:20,722 --> 01:24:23,771
Well, Roland would like it.
783
01:24:27,604 --> 01:24:29,322
Poor Vera.
784
01:24:32,859 --> 01:24:35,112
Are you proposing to me now?
785
01:24:41,618 --> 01:24:42,744
Yes.
786
01:24:47,040 --> 01:24:48,383
Yes, I am.
787
01:25:02,014 --> 01:25:04,016
Then I must turn you down.
788
01:25:28,123 --> 01:25:30,171
Brittain, you're wanted.
789
01:25:37,007 --> 01:25:39,806
He called for us about an hour ago,
790
01:25:40,427 --> 01:25:43,727
said there was a loud clicking noise
in his head.
791
01:25:44,723 --> 01:25:47,021
It was very quick and sudden.
792
01:25:47,809 --> 01:25:49,186
I'm sorry.
793
01:26:07,913 --> 01:26:09,665
Victor...
794
01:26:18,256 --> 01:26:23,012
"I'm so glad you were near
and saw him so nearly at the end.
795
01:26:24,096 --> 01:26:27,066
"We share a memory of both of them,
dear Vera,
796
01:26:27,140 --> 01:26:29,814
"that is worth all the rest of the world,
797
01:26:29,893 --> 01:26:32,692
"and the sun of that memory never sets.
798
01:26:33,939 --> 01:26:36,442
"And you know that I love you,
799
01:26:36,525 --> 01:26:41,031
"that I would do anything in the world
in my power should you ask it,
800
01:26:41,113 --> 01:26:44,117
"and that I am your servant
as well as your brother."
801
01:26:47,494 --> 01:26:49,212
My mind's made up.
802
01:26:49,287 --> 01:26:50,539
France?
803
01:26:52,165 --> 01:26:54,839
But... that's the front.
804
01:26:55,585 --> 01:26:56,882
It's so dangerous.
805
01:26:56,962 --> 01:26:59,056
I'll be behind the lines.
806
01:26:59,965 --> 01:27:03,469
It's as close to Edward as I can get.
I need to be there.
807
01:27:03,552 --> 01:27:05,896
Well, I've been gathering you some things...
808
01:27:05,971 --> 01:27:08,495
I suppose you can take them to France, too.
809
01:27:11,309 --> 01:27:13,607
It's the cook's last jar.
810
01:27:13,687 --> 01:27:14,789
And...
811
01:27:15,272 --> 01:27:17,240
Oh, cream.
812
01:27:18,692 --> 01:27:21,036
Stop those hands from getting chapped.
813
01:27:23,321 --> 01:27:26,700
And don't forget your poor elbows,
it's easily done.
814
01:27:33,123 --> 01:27:36,252
Why was I ever disappointed
you weren't a boy?
815
01:28:15,248 --> 01:28:17,671
- Mind yourself. You got it?
- Yeah.
816
01:28:33,258 --> 01:28:35,732
What are you doing out here?
817
01:28:35,769 --> 01:28:37,237
You'll freeze out here.
818
01:28:38,480 --> 01:28:40,073
Excuse me.
819
01:28:40,440 --> 01:28:42,238
I'm to report to C section.
820
01:28:42,609 --> 01:28:46,239
Hut 327. You're under Sister Milroy.
821
01:28:46,321 --> 01:28:47,413
Good luck.
822
01:28:52,452 --> 01:28:55,080
There's about 30 men to a hut.
823
01:28:55,121 --> 01:28:56,964
Some of them are an absolute mess.
824
01:28:57,749 --> 01:28:59,751
They're supposed to pass
through the clearing stations,
825
01:28:59,793 --> 01:29:01,921
but that's not saying much any more.
826
01:29:03,588 --> 01:29:04,805
Right.
827
01:29:13,306 --> 01:29:14,774
Theatre's through there.
828
01:29:14,850 --> 01:29:17,273
We're short on everything,
including surgeons.
829
01:29:23,275 --> 01:29:26,449
Had to saw this chappy's arm off myself yesterday.
830
01:29:26,528 --> 01:29:27,996
Quite a job.
831
01:29:28,989 --> 01:29:32,334
It's not ideal, but then, of course,
this is war.
832
01:29:38,498 --> 01:29:41,297
Oh, didn't I mention?
These are all Huns.
833
01:29:41,376 --> 01:29:43,720
I find it best to number them.
Much quicker.
834
01:29:43,795 --> 01:29:47,470
First Hun, second, third, fourth...
835
01:29:48,508 --> 01:29:51,182
Keep an eye on him if I were you.
He's only got a few hours left.
836
01:29:55,181 --> 01:29:57,058
Well, that's it.
837
01:29:57,142 --> 01:29:59,486
Best to get stuck right in, I...
I find.
838
01:30:06,818 --> 01:30:08,365
What about the British huts?
839
01:30:08,486 --> 01:30:10,705
Over to you, then.
Plenty of time to change later.
840
01:30:16,578 --> 01:30:18,938
Put it down where you can.
There's not many beds left.
841
01:30:20,916 --> 01:30:22,168
Ah, gangrene.
842
01:30:22,208 --> 01:30:24,506
Brittain, get some antiseptic
on this filthy Hun.
843
01:30:30,675 --> 01:30:35,852
"Here I am, dear Edward,
fighting to save German soldiers
844
01:30:35,931 --> 01:30:39,936
"that just a few miles away
you're risking your life to kill.
845
01:30:41,061 --> 01:30:42,688
"It makes you wonder."
846
01:30:43,329 --> 01:30:45,448
Brittain, over here!
847
01:30:45,523 --> 01:30:47,696
"Really, it does."
848
01:31:05,543 --> 01:31:08,046
"I waited for you again on Sunday.
849
01:31:09,047 --> 01:31:12,221
"I'll be here every week
until you can come."
850
01:31:16,638 --> 01:31:18,982
Stay still. Stay still.
851
01:31:20,600 --> 01:31:23,649
Brittain. It's hopeless.
Get the screen.
852
01:31:26,982 --> 01:31:28,234
All right, old boy, all right.
853
01:31:36,157 --> 01:31:37,579
Calm down, old chap.
854
01:32:54,569 --> 01:32:56,367
To let his soul escape.
855
01:33:03,870 --> 01:33:06,339
Control your mind. It's the only way.
856
01:33:07,415 --> 01:33:11,010
Deep breaths. That's it.
857
01:33:14,145 --> 01:33:15,674
I need some help here.
858
01:33:18,343 --> 01:33:21,142
I'm fine. Thank you.
859
01:33:46,996 --> 01:33:51,752
"I feel it bitterly to have been moved
further away from you, dear sister.
860
01:33:52,544 --> 01:33:55,093
"All these months without being able
to come and see you.
861
01:33:57,549 --> 01:33:59,551
"Last Sunday we marched past Louvencourt,
862
01:33:59,676 --> 01:34:02,350
"and I was able to escape
to visit Roland's grave.
863
01:34:05,098 --> 01:34:10,605
"I stood before it and prayed
that I might live to be worthy of his friendship.
864
01:34:12,939 --> 01:34:15,362
"But I didn't feel his presence there.
865
01:34:16,109 --> 01:34:19,739
"Perhaps he's where he belongs instead,
with you."
866
01:34:22,448 --> 01:34:24,076
There's a big push coming.
867
01:34:51,728 --> 01:34:53,230
The Germans are getting closer.
868
01:35:30,433 --> 01:35:31,528
Gently.
869
01:35:34,145 --> 01:35:35,988
Nurse.
870
01:36:31,160 --> 01:36:32,377
Nurse.
871
01:36:35,999 --> 01:36:37,046
Yes?
872
01:36:38,209 --> 01:36:41,383
- I'm cold.
- I'll get you a blanket.
873
01:36:43,923 --> 01:36:45,015
Here.
874
01:36:46,509 --> 01:36:48,011
Mustard gas.
875
01:36:51,055 --> 01:36:53,433
One of the boys was insisting he knew you.
876
01:36:53,558 --> 01:36:55,356
Probably delirium. Seen it before.
877
01:36:55,393 --> 01:36:56,690
Where?
878
01:36:56,728 --> 01:36:58,230
We had to take him round the back.
879
01:36:59,564 --> 01:37:01,692
He said his name was...
Edward, I think.
880
01:37:02,859 --> 01:37:03,906
What?
881
01:37:14,120 --> 01:37:15,212
Edward?
882
01:37:21,627 --> 01:37:22,879
Edward!
883
01:37:38,436 --> 01:37:39,779
Edward!
884
01:37:42,440 --> 01:37:43,612
Edward!
885
01:37:56,779 --> 01:37:58,126
No!
886
01:38:00,917 --> 01:38:01,964
Edward?
887
01:38:06,547 --> 01:38:09,801
He's alive! Help me!
888
01:38:15,723 --> 01:38:17,270
Bring him here!
889
01:38:17,767 --> 01:38:19,769
Come... Lift...
Not the arm, no...
890
01:38:19,811 --> 01:38:21,779
That's it.
891
01:38:23,940 --> 01:38:25,157
Edward?
892
01:38:29,654 --> 01:38:31,907
Wound's infected.
We need to sterilise it.
893
01:38:33,950 --> 01:38:35,167
Wait.
894
01:38:44,085 --> 01:38:45,132
Edward.
895
01:38:46,671 --> 01:38:47,797
Edward!
896
01:38:49,799 --> 01:38:52,177
Edward. Edward, come back to me.
897
01:38:53,344 --> 01:38:56,598
Edward. Edward, it's Vera.
898
01:40:19,680 --> 01:40:22,229
I dreamt an angel played me music.
899
01:40:25,353 --> 01:40:29,199
We were back at the lake together,
all of us.
900
01:40:29,273 --> 01:40:31,776
Remember? It was the day Victor dived in.
901
01:40:31,901 --> 01:40:33,027
Yes.
902
01:40:34,195 --> 01:40:35,617
I told him there were rats.
903
01:40:40,701 --> 01:40:41,874
Oh, God!
904
01:40:49,585 --> 01:40:51,258
You're back now.
905
01:40:59,804 --> 01:41:02,432
I found this in your pocket last night.
906
01:41:04,642 --> 01:41:05,814
From Geoffrey.
907
01:41:12,233 --> 01:41:13,655
I didn't read it.
908
01:41:15,653 --> 01:41:17,405
I keep it with me.
909
01:41:22,326 --> 01:41:24,954
I want you to hear his voice.
910
01:41:24,996 --> 01:41:27,294
No. Don't move.
911
01:41:37,425 --> 01:41:39,519
"We walked back to the barracks last night,
912
01:41:41,012 --> 01:41:43,185
"all of us thoroughly exhausted."
913
01:41:45,683 --> 01:41:48,857
"It was a scene of devastation,
914
01:41:48,978 --> 01:41:51,356
"and yet, as I looked at it,
915
01:41:52,356 --> 01:41:54,700
"a strange feeling came over me.
916
01:41:56,027 --> 01:41:59,452
�The setting sun had lit up
the water in the shell holes,
917
01:41:59,530 --> 01:42:02,875
"so they looked like pools of gold.
918
01:42:02,950 --> 01:42:07,797
"And I felt a presence there,
greater than all this.
919
01:42:10,124 --> 01:42:14,345
"Such... peace, Edward.
920
01:42:15,963 --> 01:42:20,685
"And I thought of you, dear friend.
921
01:42:20,718 --> 01:42:22,846
"And I knew I'd see you again,
922
01:42:24,055 --> 01:42:27,650
"either in this world or the hereafter."
923
01:42:46,327 --> 01:42:48,671
I wish you didn't have to leave.
924
01:42:49,705 --> 01:42:52,333
But I'm glad it's Italy you're going to.
925
01:42:52,416 --> 01:42:54,760
The fighting's lighter there.
926
01:42:57,630 --> 01:43:00,509
When it's over, let's travel together.
927
01:43:00,591 --> 01:43:03,640
- Exotic places.
- Like Italy.
928
01:43:09,475 --> 01:43:11,773
Promise me you'll go back to Oxford, Vera,
929
01:43:11,852 --> 01:43:13,729
do what you've always wanted to do.
930
01:43:13,813 --> 01:43:15,656
I can't imagine that any more.
931
01:43:15,731 --> 01:43:18,029
Are you coming, sir?
932
01:43:21,821 --> 01:43:22,868
Do it.
933
01:43:24,573 --> 01:43:26,450
Only if you come too.
934
01:43:51,225 --> 01:43:53,273
"Come home immediately, Vera.
935
01:43:53,352 --> 01:43:55,320
"Mother in crisis."
936
01:43:55,396 --> 01:43:57,398
Domestic duties beckon.
937
01:44:28,720 --> 01:44:30,769
Vera, what a relief.
938
01:44:31,974 --> 01:44:34,602
- Mother?
- I've had a terrible turn.
939
01:44:38,270 --> 01:44:39,399
Cook left, you know.
940
01:44:42,026 --> 01:44:45,781
And you...
You can't get anything in the shops.
941
01:44:46,280 --> 01:44:49,284
There's no meat. There's no butter.
942
01:44:50,951 --> 01:44:52,419
There were no eggs.
943
01:44:53,412 --> 01:44:54,709
What are we going to cook for Edward?
944
01:44:54,789 --> 01:44:57,042
I thought it was an emergency.
945
01:45:00,743 --> 01:45:03,298
I thought maybe we could make him a meringue.
946
01:45:06,133 --> 01:45:09,307
Yes, well, I...
I've been in bed for weeks.
947
01:45:14,932 --> 01:45:17,779
And nothing's been done in the house.
948
01:45:20,481 --> 01:45:23,234
The whole situation is really quite dreadful.
949
01:45:24,527 --> 01:45:28,122
Oh, Vera. It's lovely to see you.
950
01:45:56,392 --> 01:45:57,689
Time to find a cook.
951
01:45:59,103 --> 01:46:02,482
There's household chores too,
if you don't mind, and...
952
01:46:02,565 --> 01:46:04,488
mountains of ironing.
953
01:46:04,567 --> 01:46:07,491
I have to go at 5:00.
I've got a dance.
954
01:46:10,698 --> 01:46:12,700
They still have those, do they?
955
01:46:21,333 --> 01:46:23,381
They're beautiful, dear.
956
01:47:15,888 --> 01:47:17,640
I'll get it!
957
01:49:12,421 --> 01:49:13,547
It's over!
958
01:49:13,630 --> 01:49:15,974
The armistice has been signed!
959
01:51:36,732 --> 01:51:38,700
Oh, Miss Brittain!
960
01:51:40,527 --> 01:51:42,450
- Back at last.
- Yes.
961
01:51:46,325 --> 01:51:51,001
So, Chaucer this term.
You've certainly got some catching up to do.
962
01:52:11,266 --> 01:52:14,145
Hello. I'm Winifred Holtby.
963
01:52:14,269 --> 01:52:17,398
I've just found out
we're tutorial partners this term.
964
01:52:19,733 --> 01:52:23,158
I heard you wanted to be a writer.
Me, too.
965
01:52:23,278 --> 01:52:25,827
We could look at each other's work
if you like.
966
01:52:27,824 --> 01:52:29,622
Look, I really must get on.
967
01:52:29,660 --> 01:52:31,662
Oh, of course.
968
01:54:19,853 --> 01:54:23,778
Vera? Goodness.
Are you all right?
969
01:54:31,823 --> 01:54:34,793
Can somebody give me a hand here?
970
01:54:37,120 --> 01:54:41,250
Hey. You're all right.
You're all right.
971
01:54:44,419 --> 01:54:46,968
I brought some more books for you.
972
01:54:49,091 --> 01:54:51,514
Did you manage to read the last ones?
973
01:55:06,650 --> 01:55:08,823
I saved my brother's life over there, you know,
974
01:55:09,444 --> 01:55:10,866
in France.
975
01:55:18,286 --> 01:55:20,380
But the war still got him.
976
01:55:27,337 --> 01:55:29,010
I was there for the last few months.
977
01:55:29,506 --> 01:55:32,225
I volunteered at a signal station
near Abbeville.
978
01:55:39,182 --> 01:55:40,684
I didn't know.
979
01:55:42,310 --> 01:55:45,063
All of us are surrounded by ghosts.
980
01:55:46,189 --> 01:55:49,193
Now we need to learn
how to live with them.
981
01:55:51,820 --> 01:55:53,697
You must start at the beginning.
982
01:55:53,822 --> 01:55:55,870
Get up, get dressed, eat.
983
01:55:56,575 --> 01:55:59,169
Spring is out there waiting.
984
01:56:52,422 --> 01:56:55,426
Recently, the German Foreign Minister dared suggest
985
01:56:55,550 --> 01:56:57,803
we are all responsible for the war...
986
01:56:57,928 --> 01:57:00,168
and should jointly pay the price!
987
01:57:00,222 --> 01:57:03,347
To which we say to him, who started it?
988
01:57:04,267 --> 01:57:05,689
There's nothing the Kaiser can do
989
01:57:05,769 --> 01:57:08,773
to compensate the men and women of this country,
990
01:57:08,813 --> 01:57:11,942
but still the Germans must pay.
991
01:57:11,983 --> 01:57:16,113
The philosophy of
an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
992
01:57:16,154 --> 01:57:18,623
is a dangerous one.
The whole cycle could be repeated.
993
01:57:18,657 --> 01:57:20,659
Are you suggesting we let them
walk all over us?
994
01:57:22,369 --> 01:57:25,999
Look her in the eye, sir,
and tell her to love the Germans.
995
01:57:27,832 --> 01:57:30,460
They killed my eldest at the Somme.
996
01:57:31,044 --> 01:57:33,217
And my next one, Harry.
997
01:57:34,464 --> 01:57:36,717
And you stand here and defend them.
998
01:57:43,223 --> 01:57:44,725
- Miss Brittain.
- Officer.
999
01:57:44,808 --> 01:57:46,856
George, please. George Catlin.
1000
01:57:47,644 --> 01:57:49,646
The lady has something to say.
1001
01:57:54,484 --> 01:57:55,701
Speak up.
1002
01:57:59,864 --> 01:58:01,161
I was a nurse at the front.
1003
01:58:01,241 --> 01:58:03,084
Good on you, Miss.
1004
01:58:03,159 --> 01:58:05,833
Is there anyone else who would like
to share anything that you...
1005
01:58:05,870 --> 01:58:07,713
No, I haven't finished.
1006
01:58:09,332 --> 01:58:10,424
I...
1007
01:58:14,504 --> 01:58:16,848
For a time I looked after a hut
of German officers.
1008
01:58:20,343 --> 01:58:21,595
Not too well, I hope, Miss.
1009
01:58:21,678 --> 01:58:25,182
As you were speaking,
I was remembering one of them.
1010
01:58:27,851 --> 01:58:29,575
I held his hand as he was dying.
1011
01:58:30,854 --> 01:58:32,214
He cried out for a woman he loved.
1012
01:58:33,523 --> 01:58:37,198
He faced the end of his life
by asking her forgiveness.
1013
01:58:39,279 --> 01:58:44,126
I lost a brother in the war.
And my fianc�.
1014
01:58:49,205 --> 01:58:51,879
I can't make sense of it either,
1015
01:58:51,958 --> 01:58:54,302
except when I held the hand of that German
1016
01:58:55,920 --> 01:58:58,639
it was their hands, too,
that I was holding.
1017
01:59:00,216 --> 01:59:02,594
Their pain was the same pain.
1018
01:59:02,719 --> 01:59:04,721
Their blood, the same blood.
1019
01:59:04,804 --> 01:59:08,058
Our grief is the grief of hundreds
1020
01:59:08,099 --> 01:59:10,397
and thousands of German women and men.
1021
01:59:11,978 --> 01:59:13,321
No, don't listen!
1022
01:59:14,814 --> 01:59:15,986
Sit down!
1023
01:59:16,066 --> 01:59:17,158
I...
1024
01:59:17,233 --> 01:59:20,112
I speak to those of us who are left behind!
1025
01:59:21,988 --> 01:59:28,086
The mothers, sisters, women,
we sent our men to war!
1026
01:59:29,329 --> 01:59:33,584
I fought my father to let my brother go.
1027
01:59:36,503 --> 01:59:41,430
Because we think it's the right thing,
the honourable thing.
1028
01:59:45,887 --> 01:59:48,515
But all I can do is stand here
and ask you...
1029
01:59:50,350 --> 01:59:51,567
Is it?
1030
01:59:52,686 --> 01:59:54,188
Was I right?
1031
01:59:55,397 --> 01:59:56,774
Can I find the courage
1032
01:59:56,856 --> 01:59:59,325
to accept there might be another way?
1033
02:00:01,695 --> 02:00:04,494
Perhaps their deaths have meaning
1034
02:00:04,572 --> 02:00:08,327
only if we stand together now and say, "No!"
1035
02:00:10,245 --> 02:00:11,997
No to killing.
1036
02:00:12,080 --> 02:00:13,457
No to war.
1037
02:00:15,291 --> 02:00:20,889
No to the endless cycle of revenge.
I say no more of it.
1038
02:00:27,595 --> 02:00:29,017
No more.
1039
02:00:57,250 --> 02:01:02,381
"The sunshine on the long,
white road that ribboned down the hill,
1040
02:01:02,464 --> 02:01:06,264
"the velvet clematis that clung
around your windowsill,
1041
02:01:06,843 --> 02:01:09,767
"are waiting for you still.
1042
02:01:09,846 --> 02:01:13,521
"Again the shadowed pool shall break
in dimples at your feet.
1043
02:01:15,143 --> 02:01:17,862
"And when the lark sings in your wood,
1044
02:01:18,646 --> 02:01:22,947
"unknowing you may meet
another stranger sweet.
1045
02:01:24,486 --> 02:01:26,409
"It will be better so."
1046
02:02:43,690 --> 02:02:46,193
They'll want to forget you.
1047
02:02:48,570 --> 02:02:50,698
They'll want me to forget.
1048
02:02:56,786 --> 02:02:58,254
But I can't.
1049
02:03:01,207 --> 02:03:02,459
I won't.
1050
02:03:08,423 --> 02:03:10,767
This is my promise to you now.
1051
02:03:14,888 --> 02:03:16,310
All of you.
1052
02:03:17,305 --> 02:03:23,606
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